Question

A 12-foot board is to be cut into 5 pieces. Four of the pieces will be the same length and one piece will be 2 feet longer than the other four. Which equation could be used to solve for the lengths?

Answer 1

put 2 feet aside youre left with 10
divide ten by 5 and you get 2
so the one piece is 4 ft the rest are 2ft i hope this helps